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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Niger, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
The Governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said a one party system in the country will not do Nigerians any good as far as the future of the country is concerned. Aliyu made this known in Minna during the accreditation exercise for the Governorship and House of Assembly election in Niger state. The governor said, […]
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Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
The governorship and State House of Assembly elections are scheduled to hold today, April 11, 2015 across Nigeria. But the governorship elections will only hold in 29 states in the country excluding Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, Kogi, Anambra, Bayelsa and the Federal Capital Territory. The elections will be a follow-up to the presidential and […]
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Delta, Election 2015, Elections, Headlines, State News
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
Three gunmen at about 1.30pm on Saturday stormed a voting unit at Ebedeni Ward 6, Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State and snatched ballot papers and boxes. Before escaping, the gunmen descended on the only policewoman at the station, removed her head dress and took away her identity card. The resident Electoral […]
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Election 2015, Elections, General Politics, Headlines, Rivers, State News
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
Mrs. Patience Jonathan Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Friday said there was no truth in the allegation that she was pressuring the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies to rig the governorship election in Rivers State in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party. The state governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, had during […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
South African President Jacob Zuma South Africa is considering returning more than $15m, it seized from Nigeria in September, last year. The money, which was meant for the purchase of arms to fight the Boko Haram insurgents, was seized in two batches of $5.7m and $9.3m. A South African newspaper, The Mail & Guardian, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
The nanny identified as Mary Akinloye who kidnapped three children in Surulere area of Lagos State has given the victims’ family two days to produce N13m ransom or lose the children. She was said to have issued the ultimatum through a man who used her telephone to communicate with the family. Saturday PUNCH learnt […]
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Headlines, National Politics, Oil Politics, Top Stories
Friday, April 10th, 2015
By iReports-ng.com The Minister of Petroleum Resource; Diezani Alison-Madueke Barely two months to the inauguration of a new government, the fear of the President-Elect General Muhammadu Buhari is already driving corrupt officials who wield enormous power under the out-going Goodluck Jonathan administration out of the country. Buhari has declared that the fight against corruption will […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Paolo Gentiloni, the Italian foreign minister, says his country may consider contributing to tackling the Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria. Speaking in Rome on Wednesday, Gentiloni said Italy would also help to tackle extremist groups in Libya. He said military action response to extremism was inevitable and implied military consequences. “I won’t use the word […]
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Headlines
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Oronto Douglas, special adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on research, documentation and strategy, died in the early hours of Thursday. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2008 and had been battling the disease since then with “encouraging signs” of improvement, family sources told TheCable. At some stage, he was thought to have survived as […]
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First Ladies, Headlines, Patience Jonathan, Rivers, State News
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Mrs. Patience Jonathan The wife of the President, Patience Jonathan, on Wednesday visited her hometown, Okrika, in Rivers State. Jonathan’s visit is the first since the March 28 Presidential election, in which her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat to the President-elect, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Patience, who expressed surprise at the large turnout of […]
